Chapter Two: The Boy and the Claymore part 2
Flashback
"Thank god we called the silver eye witch when we did." One of villagers said "She finish the within hours." He added.
"World on the street is she left the village right after that right?" the man asked the villager.
"Yes she properly has her next job line up." The villager answered "now about our other little problem." Man and as well as the rest of the villagers all looked at Sora who was still in shock.
The next day Sora was walking through the desert during a huge sandstorm, feeling not only feeling exhausted but also anger as he remembered the villagers throwing him out of the village and even going far as throwing him down a cliff just because they feared that he may be 'infected with Yoma just like his brother.
Sora continues on walking but soon collapse from exhaustion. He then sees a familiar shadow walking through the sandstorm he then tries to get up but he then pass out.
End of Flashback
Upon waking, Sora finds himself in a small room, he slowly rises out of bed "what the...how did I get here?" he said to himself he then saw his door opening and then a man came in the carrying a tray of food.
"Ah you're a wake." The man said in a cheery mood "you were in pretty bad shape when you got here you're lucky to be a alive young man." He commented as he placed the tray of food on the desk next to Sora.
"Where exactly am I?" He asked the man.
"You're in an Inn in a little town called Eagen." The man replied "you have any idea you have been a sleep for the last 24 how did you end up wondering around in the waste land?" the man asked Sora.
Sora was about to answer him but then he remember how the villagers treated him when they though he was a yoma the thought of it still made him sad so he just look away from the man.
The man could see that Sora didn't want to talk about so he decide to drop it "Well okay I have to imagine you're starving by now go ahead eat up."
"But I have no money to pay for this."
"Don't worry about that everything been paid for in advance." The man reassured Sora.
"By who?" he asked, since he was curious to know who would go out of their way to help him.
"One of them silver eye witches." The man told Sora which cause his eye to widen "A claymore brought you here which is strange since their not know for their acts of kindness if you know what I mean?" The man explained.
Sora then began to remember seeing someone walking trough sandstorm and there was mistaking it now it was the claymore that help get rid of the yoma in his village.
"Can you tell where she is?" Sora asked the man in a pleading tone.
"I think she had a job to get to she left in a hurry." The man replied.
Sora then jump out of his bed and quickly grabs his puttees "Sorry I gotta get going! Thanks for everything!" he exclaimed as he headed to the door.
"Hey wait! Aren't you going to eat first?" the man asked him as he pointed to the food on the desk.
Sora then stops moving and look back at the food and then his stomach growled in hunger he then quickly head towards his food and began to eating away like crazy.
"Hey slow down or you`ll choke." The man warned him. To which Sora did slow down a bit.
"See yeah, thanks for the food" Sora said after he eaten all of his food and then headed to the door again.
"Uh...sure take care." The man replied but at the same time couldn't help wonder if the boy was going to look for that claymore.
Sora then started to run though the town and began looking for the claymore while looking for her he began remembering the things she said to him.
Do you not fear me boy? It's a name that will be soon forgotten. Were the first things he remember her saying, have mercy he then also remember the yoma that possess his brother pleading to the claymore before she cut him in half and then finally he remember her staring at him right before she left his village.
Sora started to slow down and then he stop completely. "She's gone." He said to himself with a sad expression on his face. "Hey kid." Said a voice to Sora which causes him to look up and saw it was a young man.
"A claymore was looking around for you a bit earlier." The young man told him.
This cause Sora to be a bit surprises "can you tell me where did she go? He asks him politely.
"She wondered in the forest on the edge of town." The villager answered him.
"Thank you!" Sora shouted to him as he began to head to the forest.
Sora had now reach the forest and kept on searching for the claymore but he soon was getting exhausted so he stops to catch his breath, he then saw a woman in forest but what caught his sight the most was the armour she wearing as he remember that it was the same armour the claymore was wearing when she showed up at the village.
The women then notice Sora and turn to see him and to Sora surprise the woman had waist-length hair with bangs on her forehead.
"You alone?" the women asked in a clam tone.
"I am." He replied in a nervous tone. "It's not her." He said to himself.
He then saw the women slowly approaching him
"The Inn keeper told me your were the one that save my life." Sora told the women.
"There's no need to thank me." The woman assured Sora.
"But I'm just some strangers why would pay for my room and food?" He asked the woman still unsure why would she go all the trouble of saving him.
"Why are you so suspicious of my kind gesture towards your well being? The Woman asked him "We claymores are of the benevolent organisation." She stated.
After hearing that Sora just completely froze.
"Beside." She said as she began to gently place her hand on Sora's face "I've taken a liking to you." She began to slowly move her hand towards his chin when suddenly Sora quickly pushed the women's hand from his face and then shoved her away from him.
"NO! I don't believe you're a Claymore for a second!" the boy shouted in anger. "I know that you're kind never reversed to themselves as Claymores!"
The women just stare at the brown haired boy, speechless of "Well, Thank you." The woman said with a sinister smile on her face then suddenly the women's skin color change to gray and her eyes were now golden "I`ll be sure to remember that for the next time!" she shouted in ademon like tonereviling that she was in fact a Yoma.
Sora just looks at the female yoma with a complete shock expression before do any when the female yoma quickly appeared right behind and grabbed him by the hair.
"What a smart little brat you are." The female yoma complimented sarcastically, "Thank you you've made my job a lot easier." She began to extend her sharp fingernails.
"Now show yourself Claymore I know you're out there!" she shouted out in the forest "You've been tracking me come out so we can end this game." She casually kept looking around the forest when she began to hear footsteps approaching towards, Sora heard it as well and then he saw the actual Claymore that saved his life.
The Claymore began to slowly head towards the female yoma, "Stop stay where you are!" the female yoma shouted while grabbing Sora's hair even tighter and place her sharp fingernails around the boy's face this cause the Claymore to stop walking.
"I know how fast you are Claymore." The yoma stated, "If you so much as flinch at me Ill slice the boy throat from ear to ear." She said in a threatening tone.
"Now toss aside your sword and no sudden movements!" the yoma demanded.
The Claymore began to slowly grab the hilt of sword and just stared at the yoma with a cold glare.
"Do you really think a hostage will have any effect on me killing you?" The Claymore said in her cold tone, the yoma continues to stare at the claymore's cold stare.
"No, I knew it wouldn't until yesterday that's when I saw you walk in town carrying this boy as if he was your own, seems you do have a weakness." The yoma stated.
"How pathetic, you care for this meat? The yoma said sounding annoyed, hearing this caused Sora's eyes to widen with disbelieve with the thought that the Claymore did care for him enough to save his life, he continue to look at the Claymore who was still holding the hilt of her sword.
"Being half-yoma, doesn't erase your past as a human and those precious memories don't disappear when you become a Claymore isn't that right Witch?" the yoma stated once again.
"I`ll be willing to bet you had a little brother that look like this boy didn't you? The yoma asked the claymore "I'm right aren't I, I can see it all over your disgusting face." The yoma said, this time with a smug attitude.
"Go ahead, make a move that is if you can actually find the courage to kill me and this human." The yoma said trying to provoke the Claymore.
Then the Claymore quickly pulled out her sword at first this made Sora and the yoma flinch for a second but then they saw her toss aside her sword and it began to falls down the hill beside them, this took the yoma by surprise.
"Are you happy now?" the Claymore asked in her calm tone.
The yoma began to laugh out loud menacingly "I`ll be sure to end this quickly, It's time to die!" the yoma exclaimed as she quickly drop Sora to the ground and began to quickly charge at the defenceless Claymore, she then impaled the Claymore by driving her right hand through the Claymore's stomach causing a lot of blood to spew out of the Claymore.
Seeing all this happening, all Sora could do I was to gasp in horror as he saw the yoma stab the claymore through the stomach.
"Ha Ha Ha, I've never eaten Claymore before, I look forward to it." The female yoma stated with a sadistic grin on her face. "I think will feast on you and the boy."
The yoma added but then the claymore grab the yoma's arms and causing them both to roll down the hill.
As they finally got to the bottom of the hill the Claymore pins down the Yoma and grabs her sword causing the yoma to look at the warrior nervously. The warrior proceeds to cut the Yoma's arm off causing a huge amount of purple blood to spew out of the yoma's arm and also causing the yoma to scream in pain.
Then the Claymore's eyes started to turn golden, she then slice the yoma's head right through, the Claymore whose eyes were now back to silver slowly watch the yoma's lifeless body hit ground.
The Claymore then pulls the severed arm out her abdomen causing her to cough up some blood she tosses the severed arm aside, the Claymore began to kneel down as blood flows from the wound. The Claymore's veins become prominent around the wound as it quickly heal, leaving no scars behind.
Sora then slides down the hill and quickly heads to the Claymore who was slowly getting back up. "Hey are you alright, do you need help?" Sora asked the warrior with a concerned look on his face. "I'm sorry, it's my fault." He said in a sad tone feeling bad that she got injured because of him.
The Claymore then turns her head to face Sora, "Listen up." The claymore said in serious tone, she then pick up her sword and then placed it on her back.
She then slowly turns to face Sora "I didn't throw away my sword to save you." She stated in her cold tone "back there if I had tried to save you and kill her you would end up dead and she would have easily got away." She explained as she turned away from the boy "my only option was to prevent her escape and put her in a position where a swift kill was attainable."
"But that doesn't change the fact that you saved my life, for the second time because you killed the yoma that killed my family." Sora said with tears in his eyes.
When my mom and dad were killed I was so afraid but I tried….I tried to act brave the whole time. Thank you I'm so grateful I really am." Sora said after he wiped the tears away from his face. "I've never forget you as long as I live, just wanted you to know that." Sora then started to slowly walk the opposite way where the Claymore was.
"Were you banned from your village?" the Claymore asked in a quiet tone, to which cause Sora to stop walking. He then looked at the Claymore with a sad expression.
"Of coursed" Sora answered, with tears slowly appearing in his eyes as he remembered being kick out of his village.
This caused the Claymore to remember her past as a child when a yoma killed her parents and took over her brother and treated her like its toy until a claymore with long, wavy, pale blonde hair killed the yoma with a faint smile on her face.
"I…I told them I wasn't a yoma but they wouldn't listen they just got rid of me." Sora said trying his best not to cry.
The Claymore then slowly turned to face Sora. "Did you say you were a good cook?" she asked him. This caused Sora to quickly wipe the tears of his face and faced the Claymore and gave her a slight nod of understanding her question.
"Good, if you agreed to be my cook you can come along why don't you join me until we can find you a new village for you to settle in." the claymore explained to Sora who had a smile on his then the claymore slowly started to walk away.
At first Sora started to follow her but then he stop. "Hold on I still don't know your name." Sora said to her but the claymore kept on walking. "Let's tell each other our names my name Sora what yours?" he asked her a smile on his face.
The Claymore kept on walking that is until she said "Its Clare." She answered in her calm tone. Sora just stood still after finally hearing the names of the person that save his life.
"I like that name." Sora said to himself, with a bright smile on his face and started to catch up with her.
He finally courted up with her and so began his journey with him and the warrior named Clare.